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On July 18, the website of the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission published a notice regarding the “List of Prohibitions, Restrictions, and Controls” for Henan Province in accepting the transfer of chemical industry activities. Among them, there are 17 categories of process equipment subject to bans, restrictions, or controls, and 8 categories of products subject to such measures, for a total of 25 categories. Notification requirement: It is prohibited to undertake projects that do not conform to the industrial development plans for sectors such as petrochemicals and modern coal chemical industry. It is prohibited to undertake projects that involve the process equipment or products listed in the catalog. It is prohibited for key areas focused on air pollution control to undertake coal chemical production capacity. It is prohibited to undertake hazardous chemical production and construction projects with a one-time fixed asset investment of less than 300 million yuan (excluding land costs), except for those listed in the **Guidance Catalogue for Key Products and Services of Strategic Emerging Industries. It is prohibited to undertake chemical projects outside chemical industrial parks. The catalog specifically states that chemical production projects that involve recycled and reused chemicals that are part of coproducts or by-products, and are not sold to external parties, are not considered prohibited projects. Henan Province’s List of Prohibitions, Restrictions, and Controls on the Transfer of the Chemical Industry I. Processes and Equipment Subject to Prohibitions, Restrictions, and Controls 1. Atmospheric and vacuum distillation units with a capacity of less than 10 million tons per year, catalytic cracking units with a capacity of less than 1.5 million tons per year, continuous reforming units (including aromatic extraction) with a capacity of less than 1 million tons per year, and hydrocracking units with a capacity of less than 1.5 million tons per year. 2. Batch distillation units for producing oils using open-flame high-temperature heating; informal methods for refining rubber and plastic into oil; intermittent processes for producing asphalt from tar; single-unit crude (light) benzene refining units with a capacity of 25,000 tons per year or less; and single-unit coal tar processing units with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year or less. Ethylene production from naphtha cracking with a capacity of 38,000 tons per year or less, acrylonitrile production with a capacity of 130,000 tons per year or less, purified terephthalic acid production with a capacity of 1 million tons per year or less, ethylene glycol production with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, styrene production with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less (except in the process of producing ethylbenzene from dry gas), caprolactam production with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less, acetic acid produced by the ethylene method, acetic acid produced by the carbonylation method with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year or less, methanol production from natural gas (except natural gas with a CO₂ content of 20% or more), coal-based methanol production facilities, methyl methacrylate production via the propiononitrile method, propylene/butylene production from grains, propylene oxide production via the chlorohydrin method and epichlorohydrin production via the saponification method, facilities for producing soapstock (including hydrolyzed products) with a capacity of 300 tons per year or less, soapstock production processes using hydrochloric acid for hydrolysis, as well as facilities for producing soapstock that do not meet the required standards regarding pollutant emissions. Polypropylene production facilities with a capacity of 47,000 tons per year or less, polyethylene facilities with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, polystyrene facilities with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) facilities with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, and polyvinyl chloride production facilities with a capacity of 30,000 tons per year or less; in addition, new construction, renovation, or expansion of production facilities for solvent-based general adhesives in the categories of chloroprene rubber, styrene-butadiene thermoplastic rubber, polyurethane, and polyacrylate. 5. Soda ash, caustic soda; sulfur-based acid production with an annual capacity of 300,000 tons or less (except for electronic-grade sulfuric acid with individual metal ion concentrations ≤100 ppb); pyrite-based acid production with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons or less; potassium permanganate produced by the open-hearth oxidation method; processes for producing sodium sulfide using the open-hearth method and the large-scale evaporation method; processes for producing sodium silicate (sodium metasilicate) using the mirabilite method; carbon disulfide production via the batch coke process; nitric acid produced by atmospheric-pressure or combined methods; calcium carbide (except when produced using advanced large-scale processing equipment as a substitute); potassium hydroxide production facilities with a single-line capacity of 50,000 tons or less. 6. Sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus pentasulfide, calcium hydrogen phosphate, sodium chlorate, chromium compounds calcined with calcium, sodium dichromate produced by a low-calcium calcination process, electrolytic manganese dioxide, calcium carbonate, anhydrous sodium sulfate (except that produced as a by-product or in conjunction with salt production), barium carbonate, barium sulfate, barium hydroxide, barium chloride, barium nitrate, strontium carbonate, silica gel (except that produced by the vapor phase method), and equipment for producing choline chloride. Calcium carbide furnaces with a single-furnace capacity of less than 12,500 kVA, as well as open-type calcium carbide furnaces, and production facilities that use mercury or mercury compounds such as sodium methoxide, potassium methoxide, sodium ethoxide, potassium ethoxide, polyurethanes, acetaldehyde, biological pesticides, and topical antibacterial agents; as well as the ammonia-sodium method and the sodium cyanide production process using cyanide melts. 7. Yellow phosphorus, with an initial production capacity of less than 30,000 tons per year; sodium cyanide (converted to 100% basis) with a single-line production capacity of less than 10,000 tons per year; lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide with a single-line production capacity of less than 5,000 tons per year; dry-process aluminum fluoride, as well as facilities for producing anhydrous aluminum fluoride or cryolite with a low to medium molecular weight ratio, with a single-line production capacity of less than 20,000 tons per year. Calcium hydrogen phosphate for feed in quantities of 30,000 tons per year or less, hydrofluoric acid with outdated production technologies and high pollution levels in quantities of 5,000 tons per year or less, aluminum fluoride produced by wet methods in quantities of 5,000 tons per year or less, as well as open-type crystallization facilities for fluoride salts. 8. Production facilities for nitrogen fertilizers, synthetic ammonia, urea, and ammonium phosphate using petroleum and natural gas as raw materials; ammonia synthesis feed gas purification process using the copper washing method. Liquid-phase desulfurization of semi-water gas using ammonia, carbon monoxide conversion at atmospheric pressure and full medium-temperature shift (high-temperature shift) processes, wet desulfurization processes without accompanying sulfur recovery units, as well as fixed-bed batch gasification units that lack facilities for recovering the waste heat from the blowing gas and for comprehensively utilizing the gasification furnace slag. 9. Production facilities for highly toxic, highly residual pesticides and those with a significant impact on the environment (including oxamyl, azinphos-methyl, isopropyl methyl phosphate, methamidophos, terbuthylazine, chlorpyrifos, bromomethane, methomyl, aldicarb, carbofuran, sodium anticoagulant, difethialone, warfarin, brodifacoum, bromadiolone, botulinum toxin, bisultap, phoxim, aluminum phosphide, organochlorine and organotin pesticides, phenolic fungicides, sodium (potassium) nitrophenolate, clorsulon, tribenuron-methyl, mesotrione, etc.). 10. Production facilities for glyphosate, chlorpyrifos (except those using the aqueous phase process), triazophos, paraquat, chlorothalonil, abamectin, imidacloprid, acetochlor (except those using the methylene process), and chloropicrin. Production process of trichlorfon using the alkaline method; manual packaging (filling) processes and equipment for pesticide products in small packages (1 kilogram and below); production of pesticide powders using the Raymond mill method; facilities for producing pentachlorophenol (sodium) using hexachlorobenzene as a raw material. 11. Titanium dioxide produced by the sulfuric acid method, lead chromate yellow, iron oxide-based pigments with an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons or less, solvent-based coatings (except for those coating types and production processes that are encouraged), and powder coating production facilities containing triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC). 12. Production process for chlorinated rubber using resins for coatings heated directly by fire and a carbon tetrachloride solvent method; iron powder reduction process (implementation of the three products—4,4-diaminostilbene-2,2’-disulfonic acid, 2-amino-4-methyl-5-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid, and 1-amino-8-naphthol-3,6-disulfonic acid—is postponed). 13. Production facilities for dyes, dye intermediates, organic pigments, and printing and dyeing auxiliaries (except those in the encouraged category and those using encouraged technologies). 14. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs, except those used as raw materials for downstream chemical products and not sold externally), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) used for cleaning purposes, all products primarily produced from carbon tetrachloride (CTC) or where carbon tetrachloride (CTC) is used as a processing aid, the production process of fluoropolymers that uses PFOA as a processing aid, paints containing DDT, and production facilities for dicofol where DDT is used as a raw material in an open-process system. 15. Hydrogen fluoride (HF, for use in downstream processing by enterprises, except for those used in electronic applications and in the production of wet phosphoric acid); new methylchlorosilane production facilities with an initial capacity of less than 200,000 tons per year and a single-unit capacity of less than 100,000 tons per year; methane chloride production facilities with a capacity of less than 100,000 tons per year (except for those used in silicone production), as well as those with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or more but without facilities for dealing with the by-product carbon tetrachloride; dichlorofluoromethane production facilities without facilities for dealing with the by-product trifluoromethane; perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and its salts, as well as perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride for acceptable uses (all other types are subject to elimination); perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); sulfur hexafluoride (SF6, except for high-purity grades); and hexabromocyclododecane production facilities for specific exempted uses. 16. Equipment for manufacturing bias-ply tires and bicycle tires (including those for hand carts), tires with natural cotton cord as the reinforcement structure; dry-process granulated carbon black with an annual production capacity of 15,000 tons or less (except for special carbon blacks and semi-reinforcing carbon blacks); natural rubber condoms with an annual production capacity of 300 million units or less; nylon cords; steel cord with an annual production capacity of 15,000 tons or less; recycled rubber (except that produced using normal-pressure continuous desulfurization processes); pentachlorothiophenol, a rubber plasticizer; tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD), a rubber accelerator; N-oxodis(1,2-ethanediyl)-2-benzothiazolinesulfonamide (NOBS), a rubber vulcanization accelerator; and D, a rubber antioxidant. 17. A chlorine liquefaction process using ammonia-cooled brine, an open-type centrifuge (prohibited for use with flammable and toxic materials), vinyl chloride gas tanks with multiple bell-shaped chambers, a three-way heat exchanger used in the gas purification process of coal-to-methanol plants, as well as manufacturing equipment for hoses used in pipelines for liquefied hydrocarbons, liquid chlorine, and liquid ammonia; a liquid chlorine storage warehouse without any closed systems or automatic absorption mechanisms. Gas heating furnaces and heat transfer oil furnaces without flame monitoring and flameout protection systems. II. Products subject to restrictions and controls: 1. Modified starch, modified fibers, multi-colored interior wall coatings (O/W type coatings with nitrocellulose as the resin and xylene as the solvent), vinyl chloride-vinylidene chloride copolymer emulsion exterior wall coatings, tar-based polyurethane waterproofing materials, water-based polyvinyl chloride tar waterproofing materials, polyvinyl alcohol and its acetal derivatives for interior and exterior walls (such as 106, 107 coatings), and polyvinyl acetate emulsion exterior wall coatings (including emulsions of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers). 2. Interior wall coatings, solvent-based wood products, toys, automobiles, and exterior wall coatings with levels of harmful substances exceeding the standards; coatings containing hazardous substances such as bis(p-dichlorophenyl)trichloroethane, tributyl tin, perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, and red lead. 3. Azo dyes that decompose under reducing conditions to produce 24 harmful aromatic amines (their use in non-textile applications is currently suspended), and nine carcinogenic dyes (their use in applications where there is no direct contact with the human body is currently suspended). 4. Paint removers containing benzene, phenol, benzaldehyde, and dichloro- or trichloromethane; lithopone; polyvinyl chloride building sealants (tar-type); 107 glue; clenbuterol; polychlorinated biphenyls (transformer oil). 5. Highly toxic pesticide products: BHC, dibromoethane, butyrolactone hydrazide, dicofol, oxadiazon, insectamide, warfarin, fluoroacetamide, sodium fluoroacetate, dibromochloropropane, fenitrothion (Su Hua 203), phosphamid, gadolinium fluoride, rodenticide silicon, methamidophos, parathion, methyl parathion, monocrotophos, thiodicarb (ethyl thiodicarb), arsenic alum, arsenic methyl alum, and all arsenic-based preparations, mercury-based preparations, lead-based preparations; 10% glyphosate aqueous solution, methyl thiodicarb, calcium phosphide, zinc phosphide, phenylphos, phoxim, magnesium phosphide, thionephos, pheromone-based pesticides, fenitrothion, terbutyl thionephos, dicofol. 6. Chlordane, heptachlor, bromomethane, DDT, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, lindane, toxaphene, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, endosulfan, fluvalinate, decachloro, α-hexachlorocyclohexane, β-hexachlorocyclohexane, polychlorinated biphenyls, pentachlorobenzene, hexabromobiphenyls, tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane (restricted for specific exempted uses), perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and its salts, and perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride. 7. Bicycle tires with soft-edge structures, conventional conveyor belts using cotton cord as the reinforcing material and conventional V-belts using nylon cord as the reinforcing material, as well as manual engraving and vulcanization molds for tires, bicycle tires, and motorcycle tires. 8. Highly toxic chemicals such as phosgene, sodium cyanide, and methyl fluoroacetate, as well as chemically hazardous substances with explosive properties such as *ao acid an, ammonium chlorate, ammonium perchlorate, and nitrocellulose.